Shloka 37

अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa

Chapter 161

Devanagari script

ततस्ते व्याकुली भूता राजान: कर्णपीडिता:

Transliteration

tataste vyākulī bhūtā rājānaḥ karṇapīḍitāḥ

Translation

حينئذٍ اضطرب أولئك الملوك، وقد عذّبهم كارنا، فوقعوا في حيرةٍ وكرب؛ وانكسر تماسكهم في زحمة القتال—مُظهِرًا كيف تهزّ البأسَ الحربيَّ إذا تُرك بلا كابح حتى عروشَ الملوك، إذا لم يُسند الشجاعةَ انضباطٌ ومشورةٌ مستقيمة.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable)

• ते: they; those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• व्याकुली: agitated; distressed
• व्याकुली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याकुली (व्याकुल-प्रातिपदिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग-रूप)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भूताः: having become; became
• भूताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (भूत-क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• कर्णपीडिताः: afflicted by Karna
• कर्णपीडिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्णपीडित (कर्ण + पीडित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• rājānaḥ (kings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how overwhelming force in war can destabilize even powerful leaders; ethical steadiness in crisis depends not only on strength but also on discipline, counsel, and inner composure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that multiple kings on the battlefield became agitated and distressed because they were being harried and afflicted by Karṇa’s attacks.